2012

The Duluth Art Institute Presents:

rrowheadBiennial

Arrowhead Biennial 2012

John Steffl Gallery ∙ December 10, 2012 through February 10, 2012

DAI BOARD OF DIRECTORSRob West, PresidentMatthew Hanka, Vice PresidentMary Matthews, TreasurerHelena Jackson, SecretaryMatthew CartierGary HedinKami NorlandChris BensonPatty MesterMartin DeWittJen DietrichMarva Beckman

MISSIONThe Duluth Art Institute enriches daily life with dynamic, innovative arts programming that upholds excellence and promotes active community participation.

The Duluth Art Institute’s programs and ser-vices are made possible through the support of contributing members of the Duluth Art Institute, City of Duluth, Depot Foundation, Duluth-Superior Area Community Foundation, 506 Campaign, McKnight Foundation, the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the State Legislature from the Minnesota arts and cultural heritage fund with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, and a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, St. Louis County, and Wildey H. Mitchell Family Foundation.

DAI FULL TIME STAFFKat Eldred, Executive Director Anne Dugan, CuratorShannon Cousino, Education DirectorTyler Johnson, Operations & Development Manager

Funded in part by: The John T. & Elizabeth C. Adams Arts Fund of the Duluth Superior Area Community Foundation for the “Ar-rowhead Biennial” grant. Prizes sponsored by: Fryberger, Buchanan, Smith & Frederick, P.A., CPL Imaging, Lizzard’s Gallery

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What a privilege it is to be able to spend time with such great and inspiring art works. It is a cliché to talk about so much talent, across such a breath of media and how that makes a decision difficult, but the quality of the work arrayed before me for the 2012 Arrowhead Biennial was both invigorating and inspiring. The work of a juror can often be one of a depressing slog through the mediocre, despairingly looking for a spark to fan to a flame, so it was refreshing to have the pleasure of having to spend time pouring over each image, yet terrifying to have to make those final choices. The work of a juried open biennial is very different from that of a traditional curated exhibition. Whereas one might more usually want to sort through varied media and content to build a coherent theme, in the biennial context, one must consider across all media, genre and subject, looking at the best of each, and discounting where it might be more effective to show in depth rather than in breath. The challenge is to choose to privilege a single artist’s work over a more illuminating group of works.

And so to the criteria for choice. Work is judged through a series of factors; command of medium, coherence of vision, accuracy of subject. The key factor for me was whether a work bought something new to the particular argument – formal or conceptual – with which the artist wished it to engage. Work must contain within itself the knowledge of the purpose for which it was made; without that conceptual confidence art is only just so much canvas, paint, ink, paper and clay. I hope you can see how that choice is relevant to all the work displayed here.

Ben HeywoodExecutive Director, The Soap Factory

Juror’s Statement

1st Prize ($1,000)Sponsored by:

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Andy MesserschmidtMysi Mountain FlopMixed Media — 46 diameter

Award Winners

2nd Prize ($500)Sponsored by:

3rd Prize ($250)Sponsored by:

Ken KollodgeSolomon Railroad #1Pigment Ink Photograph — 18 x 24

Scott Lloyd AndersonNew Extended HoursOil — 18 x 24

Kip PraslowiczFlooded VolvoPhotograph — 24 x 28

David GettyJormaPhotograph — 24 x 36

Michael LettsAncient Coast

Acrylic — 20 x 50

Honorable Mention

Tonja SellFine Feathered HatOil on Canvas — 40 x 50

Ryan TischerBreaking ThroughPhotograph — 44 x 57

Mary Jo VandellShipyard on SuperiorOil on Linen — 19 x 30

Dave BeckSmorgasbord3d Animation

Sarah BrokkeRayOil on Canvas — 18 x 24

Yousif Del ValleThe Mafic SonsCast Iron — 10 x 6 x 4

Jeanne BourquinLeaf LightPhotograph — 30 x 20

Richard BarlowForestIron Oxide on Paper — 30 x 22

David BratzelFall WetlandsMixed Media — 16 x 22

Cathy Jean ClarkThe Birth of Sky IVMixed Media Intaglio — 39 x 33

Lonnie BrodenBoathouseDigital Print — 20 x 24

Works listed left to right beginning in upper left corner

List of Works

Richard Gruchalla & Carrin RosettiScripted VaseClay Raku

Luke EricksonSmokePrint — 16 x 20

Dan JandlIce LagoonPhotograph — 24 x 24

Patricia DerozierEminence GriseDigital Photograph — 12 x 28

Michael EbleMississippi MeanderAcrylic on Canvas — 12 x 16

Gary FiedlerAbstract Fall ColorsUnaltered Photography — 23 x 28

Ann KlefstadDeer Paper HeadPaper — 1 x 3 x 1

Kristina EstellWrap Study 10Watercolor — 22 x 22

Works listed left to right beginning in upper left corner

Sharon Meyer PostanceNo. 419 Grassland SeriesPaper Mache

Erik QuackenbushFlightCharcoal, Acrylic, Spray Paint60 x 22

Robert GlibberyTurned Ash Vessel13 x 7

Carey NethertonArmoured CrawlerMixed Media — 24 x 36 19

A.J. OlmscheidJerry & JuanitaPhotograph — 16 x 16

Annette LeeDakota Star Map PaintingMixed Media — 36 x 36

Tom OlmscheidRed 50’sPhotograph — 16 x 11

Works listed left to right beginning in upper left corner

Nicholas SchleifThe Dinner PartyMcDonald’s Food & Packaging 58 x 58

Wendy RouseInvasive SpeciesOil — 18 x 36

Lisa StaufferOctober’s ArrivalPastel Watercolor Underpainting 12 x 9

Sara QualeyElectric BlueOil on Linen — 16 x 20

Jo WoodSocial DiversityBeads and Fiber — 10 x 7

Adam SwansonTeddy BearAcrylic on Panel — 18 x 24

Per WickstromSpring SnowOil on board — 18 x 23

Works listed left to right beginning in upper left corner

Arrowhead Biennial Catalog printing funded in part by:

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